Arcelor sues Mittal over car steel

This might effect prices if you use this specific type of steel … we don’t so I don’t know much about it.

But you have to wonder about the timing … despite the denials.

CNN.com Arcelor is accusing Mittal of infringing its intellectual property rights to Usibor, a highly resistant coated steel used in the automotive industry.Arcelor said Thursday it had filed a lawsuit in the United States against Mittal Steel for copying a type of steel for the auto industry.Arcelor spokesman Jean Lasar said the suit was not connected to Arcelor’s efforts to fend off Mittal’s takeover bid, which the company has rebuffed.